Eggs and tomatoes to preserve a taboo…
An academic conference on “Ottoman Armenians during the Decline of Empire: Questions of Scholarly Responsibility and Democracy,” took place past weekend in Istanbul Bilgi University…
I appreciate the conference, since it was a first-time opportunity that provided a platform for a public debate over the long-time painful and controversial issue…
And a group of men-in-black from the nationalist Great Unity Party (BBP) and the left-nationalist Workers’ Party (IP) protested outside the conference, throwing eggs and tomatoes on the participants…
Here are two news coverage to read on via Bianet or TDN…
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seems like the topic would be a pretty intense one to have in a public venue. it’s possibly not a good of an idea to discuss detail of the topic here..but i will say congratulations to turkiye on continuing to move in a free and open direction.
(pretty bad grammar for a canadian, eh?)